An off-duty policeman, who was one of the first on the scene of the London Bridge terror attack, was stabbed after tackling one of the three attackers.The officer - who is a rugby player - is in a critical condition after sustaining knife injuries.Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick praised the "extraordinarily brave actions by officers on and off duty first on the scene" who "ran towards the danger".A British Transport Police officer, who faced the attackers armed only with his baton, was seriously injured but is now in a stable condition. He has been with the force for only two years.Chief Constable Paul Crowther from the BTP said the bravery he showed was "outstanding".

Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:39 am

Bouch

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Re: Rugby Player Copper Tackles the Terrorists

Aye, he's a Hero.

All the best, byti.

Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:53 am

soap

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Re: Rugby Player Copper Tackles the Terrorists

Just talking to an American on another site. He says (paraphrased) that had it been America, some of the crowd would have had guns in their pocket and shot them before they hurt anyone.

My (somewhat terse) replay was they were more likely to have shot several more bystanders as well.

But does he have a point?

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Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:51 am

Blindside

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Re: Rugby Player Copper Tackles the Terrorists

soap wrote:

Just talking to an American on another site. He says (paraphrased) that had it been America, some of the crowd would have had guns in their pocket and shot them before they hurt anyone.

My (somewhat terse) replay was they were more likely to have shot several more bystanders as well.

But does he have a point?

He he has a point... trouble is if they were in America these *fupping* headers would have had easy access to automatic weapons instead of kitchen knives.... you dont need to imagine what could have happened. I would have thought it obvious. Whats the website called, is it for normal people or only *fupp* shorts ?

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Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:59 am

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Re: Rugby Player Copper Tackles the Terrorists

I reckon the UK way of handing it is better.

You don't see a lot of stories about "Texas man prevents terrorist attack because he was packing". Seems like the line they like to use, doesn't happen a lot in practice.

People tend to use anything they have at hand, something any man whose wife has ever thrown something at him can attest to. I don't want more angry people with guys.

This guy said it the best.

Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:02 pm

Bouch

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Re: Rugby Player Copper Tackles the Terrorists

soap wrote:

Just talking to an American on another site. He says (paraphrased) that had it been America, some of the crowd would have had guns in their pocket and shot them before they hurt anyone.

My (somewhat terse) replay was they were more likely to have shot several more bystanders as well.

But does he have a point?

As you say, the nutjobs would have had guns as well - an AK-47 would clear the area fairly quickly and 4 AK-47's would see hundreds of fatalities from the nutters' bullets and "friendly fire" from the enthusiastic amateurs' pop guns.

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